Tide-motor.



G. QUEDENS. Tm MOTOR. APPLICATION mum SEPT. no, 1909.

Patented Nov. 8, 191 0.

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enonen' QUEDENS, or new Yonx, N. Y,

TIDE-Moron? Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Application filed September 29, 1909. Serial No. 520,119,

'.:;To all whom it may concern;

Be it known. that I, GEORGE QUnDENs, a

citizen of the Uni-ted States of America, and

residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tide-Motors, of which the following is a,

specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates F -to apparatus. for

--utiliiing the movement of tide'water, and

the object thereof is to provide means for utiliiing said movement, either in the ebb or flow thereof, to develop power for mechanical or commercialpurposes.

A further object-is to connect-the"said {some bb andbelglnning'pf the-"flood. a"-

i t spr id -mean rop r able zthe ener dey g '-.by

. m invention whereby the power ex'ei'ted'by' 'etide's'shall'beat'the ointof hiy- Invention 'for:

ni e -iresult;i;'a ur er obi -b zi comparatively iny. inventlon s fully described in the following specification, of which the-accompartying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts are designated by the same reference characters "in- .eachof the views,

'- and-"in which: 5

Figure tie a sectional elevation ofa tide motorjconstructed according to one form. of

' a; sectional plan view thereof, and, showing 'a' modification thereof.

Egona; d, with the rack candfwhereby it berrotateid 'in-thei tank test efliciencyjin the device ;:an' astill. fer object being to'provide-such a' device whiclifli'ssimpleunconstruction,- .requ1re$1 little iffanyattention and'iis, therefore, .praci mainlyautomatic, which positive and p actic l, and which is e c rry ng In the drawings forming a, part of this apphcat on I have shown a pier a supported at a desired distance, preferably, above ex treme high water by means of piles a'*;, said high water being ndicated'afwand 'low water ate. 7 I

Closely adjacent the ier, and supported by the water, is a tank closed at thebqt; tom and composed of material of a suitable weight for the operation of my device butvofless specific gravity than the-water,- Said Patented Nov. 8, 1910.

tank being adaptednto .be partially filled-T with water, to increase the weight thereof, by means of a valve 12 actuatedbya rod 5 operated by a lever b on a platformb, or

suitable equivalents, said platform: also a rying a pump b ,j referably of the rotary type "having an inta e pi ipe b, the former offwliizh' extends to; the

may "be extended to any suitable oint for discharge from the urnp, andsai .4 is P f r ly op r by o -an e ee trical notor v6-, The b; pa rack erq l ngfl any possible tide movementgplus; the

I)? ,and 'anoutlet:

bottom of the tanklandthlatter of which sofa-tankqmovenientg-duer eby, the admis- -';wat enjtherefrom,

a pinion d. on -a'..sha'ft -g :carryinga gear l H int-turn 0 ected-' with pinion on a Shaft in ion ef on a sha e carryinga gear 0- w ich is engagedbya pinion one shaft e also;

a.- lenmeshedwi'th a pulley e is-connected, -by,means of "a' belt' 1 with an electrical'generator f" towhich are '16 connected wires f and f, leadin to' the.

motorlb" of the pump 6, 'provid --with af 5 thereof, or it may be made in other deand embodiment of-my invention; and Fig... 2 is provided with the rack onithe periphery ,sired' form, and, asshown in Fig. 2,I may also mount the rack in a recess h whereby the power resultingiromw the tank movement is atjthe point df anced efiicie'nc thus avoiding any friction 5 on the uprigh s a.

Normally, the tide water inovement in' either direction, moves the tank correspondingly and the pulley and generator are operated thereby through the gears and in ions at a, speed and with a power depen ent ii ontl'ieiiuii'iber of gears and pinions em--.

poyed, and their relative sizes. When the tide is. about at its greatest height, the valve b is opened and the water slowly entering Y the tank drives the-same downwardly and the gears are actuated in reverse direction,

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at which-time the belt f may be reversed or another generator properly geared for this direction of-tank movement-may be thrown into action and'the other :thrown out, thus continuing generation; without interruption.

IVhen the tide about ."slack, the" wateriin thetank will be pumped out until 'the weight decreases sufliciently for the tank to rise because of its specific-gravity, and.. ,the. gears are; again actuated reversely, this movementbein .taken advantage of as. described wit-h re erence to thehigh water; posit-ion, or in any other desired manner whereby 'no cessation of generation results durin the lullsjbetween tide mqvements.

It wiIl therefore be seen Insecure 'a' practically-constant operation of my device, and thus of electrical generation, and the electrical energy developed may be utilized at'points remote from my generator locan', ewh'ile lvzh many changes herein may be'1nade,'within the; S00 e of the follow ng. claims, -an d still be within the spirit of ny invention without sacrificing the advantagee""thereofv and, it

desired, automatic means, may

reatest and bal- Letters Patent, is

shown iii-preferred form of constr ction it will be obvious that be} designed for the valve and pump operation whereby the device will need no attention.

, (.45 .-Itw ll be understood 'that'inyinvention-i -may, be placed in any position wliere th'e tank tidewatenvbut preferably where there is little or no necess ty for land pur- .-ch,ase"or rental' and where thereis the greatest degree of tide movement and. the tank W111 be made of a size and shape 'to most 1 'e'fliicie'n'tly adapt it to var mg conditions,=as. Wlll also the number an size of the'gears and pinions.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to se cure l'i 1. A tide motor, comprising-a tari k', v 'ovable b itide water, gears 11 operative connection therewitl 'a r ruelectrr'al generator actuated by-sald" gears, :3

generator", for

and means, operated bysaid causing tank movement during th'eltilliie tween tides, at low'w'ater.

i 2. Ina tide motor, a tank provided with a recess in .the side thereof and extending to the center thereof, a tack vertically"secured to said. tank atjtheinner eliid'o'f said recess and a train "offgears in operati'veconnection ,Wlth sa d rack;

3'. In a tidemotor, atankIprovided with 'i\ a recess in the sidefandektending to-the' center thereof, arack'.'vertically secured at r the innerend-ofsaid, recess, a'ti ain ot.='gears -7'5' in operative connectlon w1th,sa1d Tack, and 1 I an electricgenerator-pperated said "gears in;the tank movement-2 In testimonyjthat I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname-iniso presence of the subscrlbing witnesses this 1,

22d dav of September 1909.

Witnesses:

GEO" PLA E, -.J. C. LAR'SEN;

GEORGE. QUED'ENSV 

